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Virat Kohli has been rested for the 2018 Asia Cup, starting on 15 September in the United Arab Emirates, and Rohit Sharma will stand in as captain, the Board of Control for Cricket in India confirmed on Saturday, 1 September.

Manish Pandey returned to the side, thanks to his excellent recent form, but the standout name was that of Khaleel Ahmed, the left-arm medium-pacer from Rajasthan, who got his maiden international call-up.

Kedar Jadhav was also included in the 16-man squad, having missed the three-match one-day international series in England, as was Ambati Rayudu.

Suresh Raina missed out, though, along with Umesh Yadav, Siddarth Kaul, and Shreyas Iyer, all of whom were part of the ODI squad in England.

Kohli was rested, possibly with an eye on the Tests against the Windies in October, which start less than a week after the final of the Asia Cup on 28 September. The selectors, however, decided to play others likely to feature in the Tests, including Hardik Pandya, Shikhar Dhawan, Jasprit Bumrah and KL Rahul.

Pandey’s call-up is no surprise. He has been in a rich vein of form, and was the top run-scorer in the recent quadrangular series between India A, India B, Australia A and South Africa A. His 306 runs in four matches, including a 73* in the final, helped his India B side to the title.

Manish Pandey was rewarded for his excellent form in the quadrangular series Manish Pandey was rewarded for his excellent form in the quadrangular series
Jadhav was also part of the India B side, but his contributions were less spectacular – he totalled 30 runs in four matches, and in his one outing with the ball returned 0/10. However, he proved his fitness in the series, having come back from a hamstring injury that ruled him out of most of the Indian Premier League in April and May, and the tour of England that followed.

Rayudu was another player to make a comeback. He was originally in the squad for the ODIs in England, but was then excluded after failing the Yo-Yo fitness test. However, he cleared the test thereafter, and was part of the India A side in the quadrangular series, scoring 62*, 48, 11 and 66 in his four matches.

Ahmed, 20, has played 17 List A and 12 T20s so far, and was part of the India A side that toured England in June. He was also involved in the quadrangular series, picking up seven wickets in four matches, including a 3/45 against South Africa A.

The Asia Cup is a six-team affair, with India slotted in Group B, along with Pakistan and a qualifier. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are in Group A.

As expected, India didn’t go with the full squad and rested the best player in the world.

A moment of silence for some of our Pakistani fans who were adamant that Kohli will play because India cannot afford to send a weakened team to a tournament where they will play Pakistan multiple times.

As expected, India didn’t go with the full squad and rested the best player in the world.

A moment of silence for some of our Pakistani fans who were adamant that Kohli will play because India cannot afford to send a weakened team to a tournament where they will play Pakistan multiple times.

My apologies, but please feel free to lick your wounds.

Yeah specifically @Syed1 who said India will never rest Kohli in a tournament where it is suppose to play Pak multiple times

So we were told that india will rest there main player like bumrah,dhawan etc but only kohli is rested.
2 points to determine
1)Either india is one man army kohli
2)India team can perform witout kohli there batting don.t depend only on him

So we were told that india will rest there main player like bumrah,dhawan etc but only kohli is rested.
2 points to determine
1)Either india is one man army kohli
2)India team can perform witout kohli there batting don.t depend only on him

Dhawan was never supposed to be rested.

Bumrah's name was doing the rounds. But it was also said that he just came back from a 2 month injury break.

Kedhav Jadhav again? Didn't he look like a Joker in CT matches? His 2 or 3 spin overs with comic action is not going to help us win a tournament and the less we talk about his terrible fielding the better it is. I wish and pray he's not included in the Playing 11. This is looking like an extended version of CSK team to me. I would have felt very happy if we had players like Pant and Gill in place of Kedhar and Karthik or Dhoni. But can't stand this guy Kedhar Jadhav.

Karthik is done and dusted too. Why not Pant in his place??? Urgh!

And then comes Axar Patel, when did he last play for India? We added Krunal Pandya for Eng LOI series and he disappears again because of this good-for-nothing Axar Patel.

I thought Indian selectors would take a leaf out of England or Pak's Book and give opporunities to Youngsters, but looks like it's not gonna happen until we terribly fail in this Asia Cup and World Cup 19.

This is the right time to give opportunities to Pants, Gills, Shaws and Sirajs.. But Indian selectors never ceaze to amaze me with their terrible team selections.

This is a very poor move by BCCI. This is a ' neither here, nor there' Indian team. They are still playing Bumrah and Bhuvi, who need rest. In batting, they still have an expired Dhoni in the team. In addition to them, DK, Axar, Rayadu, Jadhav, Shardul are not the players who are going to set the world on fire. These kind of players pull the Indian team 20 yrs back in time.

The BCCI is quietly slipping these players in so that, when they send all these seefarishi players in major tournaments, including WC, people will not raise eyebrows. Corruption to the core. Indian cricket is suffering big time due to bad and corrupted selection.

Whereas, an express quickie like Siraj has not been given chance, even Avesh and Prasidh could have come in to just have a feel of international cricket.

This is a very poor move by BCCI. This is a ' neither here, nor there' Indian team. They are still playing Bumrah and Bhuvi, who need rest. In batting, they still have an expired Dhoni in the team. In addition to them, DK, Axar, Rayadu, Jadhav, Shardul are not the players who are going to set the world on fire. These kind of players pull the Indian team 20 yrs back in time.

The BCCI is quietly slipping these players in so that, when they send all these seefarishi players in major tournaments, including WC, people will not raise eyebrows. Corruption to the core. Indian cricket is suffering big time due to bad and corrupted selection.

Whereas, an express quickie like Siraj has not been given chance, even Avesh and Prasidh could have come in to just have a feel of international cricket.

A blunder which will cost India dearly in the long run.

Top post. The names you mentioned are garbage cricketers who don't deserve a spot in the squad.

Guess that's what separates the GOAT Sachin from pretenders like Kohli

Kohli and Amir have played 6 matches against each other.

India have won 4, Kohli was man of the match twice in those matches. Furthermore, he scored 81 in 68 balls in one of the matches where he did not win the Man of the Match Award.

No wonder Kohli running away from Amir. Let’s get real - Amir is nothing but a speck of dust in front of Kohli. Even if Kohli retires today and Amir plays for a hundred years, he will not have half the legacy Kohli has.

So India A will take part in the Asia Cup. Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan have no excuse to not make the final outright now. Pakistan should play with the same intensity against India A as they would have with a full strength side.

India have won 4, Kohli was man of the match twice in those matches. Furthermore, he scored 81 in 68 balls in one of the matches where he did not win the Man of the Match Award.

No wonder Kohli running away from Amir. Let’s get real - Amir is nothing but a speck of dust in front of Kohli. Even if Kohli retires today and Amir plays for a hundred years, he will not have half the legacy Kohli has.

I think you should be granted Indian Passport asap! I wholeheartedly appreciate your keenness towards India

Time for KL Rahul to cement his place in LOIs (preferably No.3 - as Dhawan & Rohit are fixed and Kohli willing to move down if some younger guy plays well at No.3) He has to make his mind up for two choices (Opening in Test Cricket or No.3/No.4 in LOIs) I don't think he is capable of handling both, that's assured now! He should have took guidance of Gambhir or Sehwag of how to handle opening in both formats & be successful, as switching between formats & batting positions is way too much for him to handle!

This is a very poor move by BCCI. This is a ' neither here, nor there' Indian team. They are still playing Bumrah and Bhuvi, who need rest. In batting, they still have an expired Dhoni in the team. In addition to them, DK, Axar, Rayadu, Jadhav, Shardul are not the players who are going to set the world on fire. These kind of players pull the Indian team 20 yrs back in time.

The BCCI is quietly slipping these players in so that, when they send all these seefarishi players in major tournaments, including WC, people will not raise eyebrows. Corruption to the core. Indian cricket is suffering big time due to bad and corrupted selection.

Whereas, an express quickie like Siraj has not been given chance, even Avesh and Prasidh could have come in to just have a feel of international cricket.

A blunder which will cost India dearly in the long run.

Best post in this thread so far. This was a perfect opportunity to test players like Gill, Shaw, Mavi etc but once again we choose players like Axar, Jadhav, Rayudu. We have all seen how they perform when they step outside of subcontinent.

Why waste our time on these players again and again? Pathetic squad. On one hand they have rested Kohli and giving a message that they don't care about Asia Cup and on the other hand bowlers like Bhuvi and Bumrah have been selected.

Best post in this thread so far. This was a perfect opportunity to test players like Gill, Shaw, Mavi etc but once again we choose players like Axar, Jadhav, Rayudu. We have all seen how they perform when they step outside of subcontinent.

Why waste our time on these players again and again? Pathetic squad. On one hand they have rested Kohli and giving a message that they don't care about Asia Cup and on the other hand bowlers like Bhuvi and Bumrah have been selected.

Lol if we have selected Shaw, Gill, Mavi etc. you would have said why our sooperstars are resting? Why they not taking Asia cup seriously? They never rest in IPL...etc etc

India have won 4, Kohli was man of the match twice in those matches. Furthermore, he scored 81 in 68 balls in one of the matches where he did not win the Man of the Match Award.

No wonder Kohli running away from Amir. Let’s get real - Amir is nothing but a speck of dust in front of Kohli. Even if Kohli retires today and Amir plays for a hundred years, he will not have half the legacy Kohli has.

There is only 1 match people remember between the 2 and in this case it was only 1 over

On one hand they have rested Kohli and giving a message that they don't care about Asia Cup and on the other hand bowlers like Bhuvi and Bumrah have been selected.

Sir, on one hand kohli played each and every match in the England series and on the other hand bhuvi nd bumrah barely played any...bhuvi gone missing in the 5 tests and bumrah played just a t20 and 3 tests in the overall uk tour

They can rest a player who played 16-17innings in a month and half but the same cannot rest players who played barely 6-7innings..may be in your parallel world the workload of kohli nd bhuvi/bumrah are same but in reality they are not

Now i think india will win this tournament.
Pak will underestimate us and we will beat them.
Rohit is our main player.

Don't get your hopes up with Rohit. He is extremely inconsistent. His median ODI score is some 22, his average (and mean) is high due to his massive hundreds, which comes once in every 10 match. In the other matches he scores around 22 runs.

Don't get your hopes up with Rohit. He is extremely inconsistent. His median ODI score is some 22, his average (and mean) is high due to his massive hundreds, which comes once in every 10 match. In the other matches he scores around 22 runs.

Lol if we have selected Shaw, Gill, Mavi etc. you would have said why our sooperstars are resting? Why they not taking Asia cup seriously? They never rest in IPL...etc etc

Stop being oppurtunist brother

May be if you read my post again then you will understand. I clearly said that the selectors look confused by resting Kohli and picking Bhuvi and Bumrah. If they were in a mood to experiment then they could have selected better players than TTFs like Jadhav, Rayudu and Axar. Stop being stubborn for once.